Author: Sylvie Corbet
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French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking?
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French President Emmanuel Macron appears isolated on the European stage after saying he could not rule out the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Paris signed security agreement with France after similar deal with Germany
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a bilateral security agreement with France
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France and Ukraine to sign a security agreement in Paris in the presence of President Zelenskyy
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French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris
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France accuses Russia of a disinformation campaign in a key election year
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France condemned “hostile” disinformation maneuvers from Russia
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Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia and Trump
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The governments of Poland, France and Germany are vowing to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine
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France denounces ‘largest antisemitic massacre of our century’ in tribute to victims of Hamas attack
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French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamas’ Oct_ 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the “largest antisemitic massacre of our century.”
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France takes 1st step to add abortion right to constitution
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PARIS • Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution, the first step in a lengthy and uncertain legislative battle prompted by the rollback of abortion rights in the United States. The measure was approved with 337 lawmakers voting for and 32 against…
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Wildfires spread, fish die off amid severe drought in Europe
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PARIS • Firefighters from across Europe struggled Thursday to contain a huge wildfire in France that has swept through a large swath of pine forest, while Germans and Poles faced a mass fish die-off in a river flowing between their countries. Europe is suffering under a severe heat wave and drought that has produced tragic…
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NATO vows to guard ‘every inch of territory’ as Russia fumes
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MADRID • An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labeled Russia “a direct threat” to the security of their nations. During their three-day meeting in Madrid, NATO members confronted a…
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NATO deems Russia its ‘most significant and direct threat’
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MADRID • NATO declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security on Wednesday and vowed to strengthen support for Ukraine, even as that country’s leader chided the alliance for not doing more to help it defeat Moscow. The military organization’s condemnation was not wholly surprising: Its chief earlier said…





